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title: Easy way to begin Computational Fluid Dynamics on Cloud
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author: [白鳥 貴久 | Takahisa Shiratori](https://convert.docswell.com/user/takashiratori)
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Easy way to begin
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
on Cloud
Takahisa Shiratori
@takashiratori
Dept. Tech. 2
Serverworks Co., Ltd.
Serverworks Lightning Talks Tournament, 29th July, 2016


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Calculation Conditions
 Shape of the room
 The amount of the air
blown by the air conditioner
 Initially how the air flows
Solving Eq.
Input
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
Visualization
Software
Most of CFDs are working with on-premises servers.
Let’s enjoy CFD on
!


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Why on AWS?
What is the benefit?


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Low Initial Cost
Easy Backup
Elastic Computing Resource


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Low Initial Cost
Cost
On-premises
Time


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Low Initial Cost
Cost
Ex) Start-ups, Individuals, …
Cloud
Time


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Low Initial Cost
Cost
Quit
Cloud
Time


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Easy Backup
On-premises
Cloud


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Elastic Computing Resource
Click!
Click!
Click!
Scale-up!!
Click!
Click!
Click!
Scale-out!!


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CFD Direct http://cfd.direct/
in AWS Marketplace: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B017AHYO16
 No software usage fee
 OpenFOAM (Simulation) + ParaView (Visualization)


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Calculation Conditions
 Shape of the room
 The amount of the air
blown by the air conditioner
 Initially how the air flows
Visualization
Software
ParaView
Solving Eq.
Input
OpenFOAM


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How to prepare the CFD server?
Preparing an AWS Account
Apply to
or access to
http://www.serverworks.co.jp/services/piece
directly https://aws.amazon.com/
Launching a CFD Direct server (EC2) on AWS
Access to the server with SSH


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2. Click “EC2”
1. Choose your region


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Click “Launch instance”


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Click
“Community AMIs”


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Input “CFD Direct”, and press Enter


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Click “Select” of “CFD Direct From the Cloud”


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1. Choose an Instance Type you want to use
2. Click “Next: Configure Instance Details”


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The default parameter is enough to just use CFD Direct.
Click “Next: Add Storage”


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1. Input the size of the Storage
2. Click “Add New Volume”
if you want two or more volumes
3. Click “Next: Tag Instance”


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1. Type a Security group name
2. Choose “SSH”
3.
- If you have static global IP address,
choose “Custom IP” and type your IP.
- If you don’t have static global IP address,
choose “Everywhere”. (but not recommended)


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Click “Launch”


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1. Choose “Create a new key pair”
2. Type a key pair name
3. Click “Download Key Pair”
4. Click “Launch instances”
Ensure to store the downloaded private key securely, and be careful not to lose.


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Click “View Instances”


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1. Wait until the Status Checks show “2/2 checks passed”
2. Global IP address of your CFD Direct server is shown here
 Access to your CFD Direct server with reference to http://cfd.direct/cloud/aws/remote-desktop/


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How does it work?


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How much?
in Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
t2.micro
c4.large
c4.4xlarge
vCPU
1
2
16
Memory
1 GiB
3.75 GiB
30 GiB
Hourly fee
0.02 USD/hour
0.133 USD/hour
1.061 USD/hour
Working hours
Assumed to be 8 hours/day
Storage
Computing monthly fee
Assumed to be 50 GiB
4.88 USD/month
Storage monthly fee
Total monthly fee
32.46 USD/month
258.89 USD/month
6.00 USD/month
10.88 USD/month
38.46 USD/month
This is a ROUGH estimation.
Please don’t be angry if your usage fee exceeds this.
264.89 USD/month


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Summary
Cost
Low Initial
Cost
Quit
Cloud
Time
Easy
Backup
Elastic
Computing
Resource
Click!
Click!
Click!


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Thank you for your kind attention!
Contact Us
Serverworks Co., Ltd.
sales@serverworks.co.jp
+81-(0)3-5579-8029
日本語 http://www.serverworks.co.jp
English http://www.serverworks.co.jp/en


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About Me
Takahisa Shiratori
白鳥 貴久
Serverworks Co., Ltd.
Experience
Mar. 2016 – Present
Dept. Tech. 2 @ Serverworks
Apr. 2015 – Feb. 2016
Job rotation as newcomer training @ Serverworks
Apr. 2012 – Mar. 2015
Ph.D student in Fluid Mechanics


